Small bear spotted in Fulton, shooed away by police

FULTON, N.Y. -- A small black bear was found meandering through the city of Fulton Tuesday night and was later chased out of the city by police officers.

Oswego County 911 said that just after 8 p.m. it received reports of a bear in the 700 block of Cayuga Street.

Fulton police said officers responded and found the animal, which was a small black bear cub. Police called the state Department of Environmental Conservation for advice on how best to deal with the bear.

The bear wasn't aggressive, police said, and had been wandering through backyards.

Officers spent about half an hour shooing the bear away. When it reached the a wooded area near Oneida Village Drive on the edge of the city, it returned into the woods, police said.